Measles at Glastonbury

[Outline Productions]

Hi,

An exciting new health show is looking for people who had experience of measles at a music festival this summer. As you may know, there were several measles epidemics linked to music festivals, and we'd love to find somebody who was there and chat to them about their personal experience and help raise awareness of the importance of making sure you have the MMR jab as part of your festival health care.

Obviously this is a sensitive subject, so we would keep the details of anyone who contacted us confidential, and there would be no pressure to talk about anything they wouldn’t want to or appear on TV; we’d just love to get a sense of who is out there.

If interested, please get in touch with casting@outlineproductions.co.uk and we can arrange a chat.

 

Thanks!

 

[Andy0808 v5]

This has channel 4 written all over it. 

[russycarps]

presumably exciting has a different meaning if you're a media luvvie.

 

[Untz]

56 minutes ago, Outline Productions said:

the importance of making sure you have the MMR jab as part of your festival health care.

You what.

That'll make for an interesting chat with the travel nurse.

"So where are you going on holiday, somewhere exotic?"
"Yeah, Somerset"

[scaryclaireyfairy]

The majority of those who caught measles had not been vaccinated for whatever reason (medical, choice).  So unless the programme is about anti-vaxers, where's the story?

[bunfight]

Are they on after The Vaccines?

[big__phil]

A quick internet search shows the following cases this festival season:

• Glastonbury festival: 16 cases
• NASS festival: Seven cases
• Triplicity Music and Arts Festival: Six cases
• Tewkesbury Medieval Festival: Three cases
• Nozstock: The Hidden Valley: Two cases
• Noisily Festival: Two cases
• Secret Garden Party festival: One case
• Yeovil Show: One case

Can a clever mathematician tell me what percentage of Glasto-goers that is? 0.8%?

Hardly an 'epidemic'...

[waterfalls212434]

The bigger question for the journalist given the current state of that profession is is most likely `how can we somehow present said outbreak as Jeremy Corbyns fault` 

 

[Spindles]

I'm sure someone will be around before too long to let us know the answer to that question.

Edited September 29, 2016 by Spindles

[incident]

42 minutes ago, big__phil said:

Can a clever mathematician tell me what percentage of Glasto-goers that is? 0.8%?

Somewhere in the vicinity of 0.0085% by my reckoning (assuming approx 190,000 people on site)

[big__phil]

15 minutes ago, incident said:

Somewhere in the vicinity of 0.0085% by my reckoning (assuming approx 190,000 people on site)

[Woffy]

Is it 'measles' or 'The Measles'?

[Nobody Interesting]

19 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Is it 'measles' or 'The Measles'?

Depends if you are German or not.

[Woffy]

Just now, Nobody Interesting said:

Depends if you are German or not.

How far back, ancestry-wise, do you mean?

[Nobody Interesting]

23 minutes ago, Woffy said:

How far back, ancestry-wise, do you mean?

1963

[Woffy]

11 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

1963

Oh! Ok. Then, no. The No. I mean no. Scheisse!

[SwedgeAntilles]

I'll never forgive the Germans for what they did to my grandfather during the war...

Passed over for promotion again and again.

[Eks101]

I don't need the MMR as I'm staying at Worthy View.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I'm afraid this wasn't at Glastonbury this year because I wasn't there, but I did talk to a measle at another festival that I went to. I've talked to a lot of contagious diseases over the years and kind of know their ilk, so was a bit wary at first of this solitary measle. Where were it's mates I though to myself? Measles normally hunt in packs - everybody knows that. So, I asked this measle why it was on it's own. It said that it had come along with some botulism mates but that he'd somehow mislaid them. It was then that I knew it was time to split the scene. Everybody knows that these two ailments don't get on with each other. It's like the East Staines Massive v the West Staines Massive all over again. So, I politely told it that I had to go because I had a date with a pimple, and that, you know, three's a crowd and all that. Anyway, I hope that's of some help. I like to help. I could even come to your studios in Highgate Road if you wanted to interview me?

[John the Moth]

I reckon early Saturday evening on The Park stage for The Measles

[Spindles]

1. Measles
2. Swine Flu
3. Glastonbury toe
4. Mumps
5. Pablo Honey

[paddyclark]

Measles never win at hide and seek  theyre always spotted

[musky]

I wish there was a way of upvoting an entire thread. This is just gold.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

[Woffy]

2 hours ago, Spindles said:

1. Measles
2. Swine Flu
3. Glastonbury toe
4. Mumps
5. Lurgee

Corrected for you.